The good news: Musicians are rarely at a loss for words in interviews.

The bad news: Musicians are rarely at a loss for words in interviews.

To welcome 2013, here are some quotes of note from various Night&Day interviews from the past year.

Dave Matthews Band leader Dave Matthews thanks his lucky stars he made it in music: “In so many areas of life, I’m a spaz and incompetent. I’m far below the average. I’m exceptionally poor at most survival skills.”

Young Chula Vista vocal phenom Jessica Sanchez couldn’t imagine her Top 2 finish on “American Idol”: “I don’t expect to win or even make it to the Top 5, or the Top 9. I’m blessed to be here, and if I get cut, I get cut. I’m just grateful to be here.”

Kinks mastermind Ray Davies shares his key to great songwriting: “I write about the ordinary, but that’s what I know. And I know that extraordinary things happen to ordinary people.”

Alabama Shakes singer Brittany Howard likes to keep it real: “I’m not scared of going back to work (a day job), if — one day — I had to. I’d rather be sincere than write a bunch of crappy songs for the money.”

Neil Diamond confirms he is indeed a “high maintenance” husband: “Um, well, you’d have to have a pretty strong stomach to be married to me. I don’t mean you personally, but just generally.”

Former Oasis leader Noel Gallagher sets the record straight: “I guess the worst gig I ever did would have to be the one where I got attacked onstage and got three of my ribs broken by a drunken maniac — not my brother, I hasten to add.”

Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready keeps his Crohn’s disease in check: “I’ve had accidents all over the world. We were opening up for the Rolling Stones in 1995 and I had to run to the bathroom on stage, while my band was still playing our opening number. So I got to hear our first song, opening for the Stones, from inside a Porta-Potty onstage!

Lisa Marie Presley still can’t step out of her iconic father’s shadow: “I got a good review, but then they want to rip into me because I’m not my father. It’s a really hard thing to overcome.”